Wow Free Rangers,
This time it was a “local guide” on Google. It’s difficult to tell from the review, which is fairly hollow and fact free, but given the timing and that we had a grand total of one negative interaction that day, it was very likely the jackass who thrice interrupted descriptions of our many whiskeys that are unavailable anywhere else in the world to lament the difference in (highly allocated) Bourbon prices in Brooklyn vs the deep south, with the volume and self-awareness of someone who just moved to Boerum Hill from central Texas. Apologies to reasonable thoughtful Texans, but we can’t always hear you over the soul crushing cacophony from the collective gaping maw of the worst of your neighbors. It is absolutely deafening at the intersection of ignorance & certainty, which is clearly where this jackanapes gets his mail. And why do they always come in no earlier than the 9th hour of my shift? I get that I can be a world class D, but these oblivious C’s don’t get why everybody isn’t nicer to them while they wipe their A’s with the hard work of front line small business operators everywhere. My attempts to be nice to you were laughable? Your mom’s attempts to raise a conscience human were laughable. We would’ve been glad to pour you a free drink of something brown, tasty, and rare while explaining how local regulation, supply and demand, real estate, and regional distribution systems lead to the discrepancy in pricing between a warehouse chain like Spec’s in TX and a boutique like Free Range here in some of the highest priced real estate in the world, but that would require you asking a single question rather than bathing in the grating sound of your own stale observation. Sigh… It’s a Catch-22. If you have the time and desire to crap out hundreds of these reviews- for no monetary gain- you’re very likely the wrong the person for the job. *Full disclosure: the above referenced review seems to have been taken down (but I enjoyed bitching about it, so the prose remain).
Anywhoo…
So, the long neglected SUPER SALE page on our website is back with some best in town (the world?!) pricing on a number of spirits and a few of our favorite wines. Currently on the chopping block are a pair of Nikka Whiskeys, a slew of Savage & Cooke, Grgich Hills Zin in half bottles, giant Gentleman Jack, 2 x Buffalo Trace White Dog(s), Lagavulin Distillers Edition, a couple of our favorite wines that are too double secret probation to mention in print, and more! As before, super sale pricing is only available on the website and subject to change at any moment!
Check it out here: SUPER SALE PAGE !!!
And the in-store tasting program rolls on with a handful of wines by Maynard James Keenan! This guy is nuckin’ futz (as my dad likes to say). He’s a real hands in the dirt winegrower. This isn’t Brad Pitt driving through the rolling hills of France, spying a beautiful functioning estate, slowing down, and saying, “Yeah, I’ll take it,” from the driver’s side of a vintage convertible. Maynard is out there tending his vines, and crushing his own berries. He’s been making wine for a number of years now, but the learning curve has been rather sharp and his finished bottles have been containing more elegant and subtle juice each year, and the latest releases are the most intricate and expressively floral to date. So, this Thursday, 1/25 (5-7pm) we’ll be pouring you FREE tastes of Merkin Chupacabra (red and white) as well as the rare and delicious Caduceus Premier Paso and his Spanish style Caduceus Sancha. We’d show you a picture below, but are currently awaiting arrival some time today. Come taste with us on Thursday, when all 4 wines will be 10% off, 20% off 6+ bottles (mix & match).
Cheers,
Jack
Proprietor
Free Range Wine & Spirits
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